Sunday, June 19, 2016

Racing! and New Bike! And summer....

Last weekend the family piled into the Pilot and headed over to a hot race at Mt Kato. Always a fun course... and usually a bit hot... this one was hotter than most I think. They even had a second water stop up on the top of the hill...


(photo taken by tmbimages.com)

That's actually a fairly gruesome photo.... large melon head the wrong shade of red... my hairy legs looking chicken like... yikes

Anyways... it was also Graham's first ever "race" too... this was the highlight of the day probably. He was nervous at the start, but really flew around the course, winning his "little kids" heat easily!





This week also heralded me getting a new bike for the first time in about 8 years (I'm not counting my fat bike... which barely has been ridden.... gah!)

Salsa Deadwood... 29+, dropbars, weird. One ride and I think there may be some potential there... but I will need to tweak things a bit I think (thicker bar tape, slightly higher position).